Overview
Film buffs will get the chance to catch up with the highlights of the Sydney Film Festival, with organisers revealing a special encore program featuring some of the biggest titles of the festival. Screening at Palace Verona in Paddington and Palace Norton Street in Leichhardt from Monday, June 20 to Wednesday, June 22, the By Popular Demand lineup features 11 of this year's best selling films, including critically acclaimed dramas, jaw-dropping documentaries and that one movie where Daniel Radcliffe plays a farting corpse.
Of the 11 films that will screen in the days following the conclusion of the festival, major standouts include SFF Official Competition entrant Aquarius, the Kristen Stewart-led ghost story Personal Shopper, and John Carney's charming jukebox musical Sing Street. They'll be joined by a few more esoteric choices, including The Lure — a Polish musical about a pair of flesh-eating mermaids who become nightclub sensations — and Swiss Army Man, the divisive American indie that sees Paul Dano become friends with Daniel Radcliffe's dead body.
The lineup also features a number of documentaries, including the hilarious political comeback doc about disgraced US Congressman Anthony Weiner and Tickled, an astounding and surprisingly controversial expose that explores the world of competitive tickling.
"This is the second year we will extend our run for top-selling films beyond the end of the Festival," said SFF Director Nashen Moodley. "These screenings are a wonderful way for audiences, if they missed out on Festival tickets, to see some of the most talked-about films of the year."
For the full By Popular Demand program including screening times, go here. SFF wraps up on Sunday, June 19. You've still got time to catch some of our top ten picks of the festival.